Phase diagram of electron-hole liquid in monolayer heterostructures based on transition metal dichalcogenides

TL;DR

This paper investigates the phase diagram of electron-hole liquids in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides, highlighting the conditions for phase transitions and the formation of bound electron-hole states in these 2D materials.

Contribution

It provides a theoretical analysis of the gas-liquid phase transition and critical parameters in TMD monolayers, advancing understanding of their electronic phase behavior.

Findings

Calculated critical parameters for phase transition.

Constructed phase diagram for TMD heterostructures.

Described metal-insulator transition in monolayer TMDs.

Abstract

In the last few years, interest in monomolecular layers of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) has been driven by their unusual electronic and optical properties, which are very attractive for designing functional elements of new generation nanoelectronics. Recently, experimental evidence has appeared for the formation of a high-temperature strongly bound electron-hole liquid (EHL) in TMD monolayers. Strong binding of charge carriers is due to a significant decrease in the screening of the Coulomb interaction in monolayer heterostructures. In this work, the gas--liquid phase transition in a system of electrons and holes in quasi-two-dimensional heterostructures based on TMDs is considered and the critical parameters of such a transition are calculated. The metal-insulator transition is described and the phase diagram for such heterostructures is constructed.